Punjab, India News

Activists of the Hindu right wing Shiv Sena shout slogans as they tear a banner with an anti-Valentines Day message written on it before burning it, during a protest in Amritsar, northern India, yesterday.

The Pakistani Supreme Court on Monday forced authorities to produce seven men who had vanished from prison two years ago, into the apparent custody of the military's main spy agency, as the court continued to assert its authority against both the country's powerful army and its weak civilian government.

Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa Sunday concluded his three-day official visit to Pakistan.

A 14-year-old boy detained by Pakistani police on charges of stealing a kite, was released after he spent a night in jail.

Minister for Information and Broadcasting Firdous Ashiq Awan on Sunday said the government is taking concrete steps to overcome energy and gas crisis.

Chandigarh, Feb 12 The cold conditions have abated from Punjab and Haryana due to remarkable increase in the temperatures, the Met department here said.

A woman and her three children died in a fire in a Pakistani village in Punjab province, Geo News reported Sunday.

By Zeeshan Javaid ISLAMABAD: A high-profile delegation of energy and trade managers of India led by Indian Commerce Minister Anand Sharma will reach Pakistan tomorrow to discuss the bilateral trade between both the neighbouring countries, including export of electricity and petroleum products to Pakistan.

In an emotional appeal to the Punjab Police, the sister of DSP Balraj Singh Gill, who was found murdered with a woman at a farmhouse here last Thursday, has urged the forces to stop linking his name with any one.

Tearful pleas of a 14-year-old Pakistani boy for forgiveness fell on deaf years after a court handed him a prison sentence for stealing a kite.

An effort to ban hip-hop music in schools instead turned into a lesson in tolerance in a nation where religious fundamentalism has been on the rise.

Govt College for women Parade today organised a one day conference on the theme 'Green Earth' under the auspices of the Jammu Chapter of 'The Indian Science Congress Association ', the premier science organization in India, estd.

Two Western aid workers kidnapped in Pakistan in January are being held by the Pakistan Taliban near the border with Afghanistan, a senior militant commander told Reuters on Saturday.

Citing intelligence inputs that there will be attempts to free him if he is taken out, the Special Cell of Delhi Police has asked a Ludhiana court to allow court proceedings against a Khalistan Liberation Force militant through video conferencing.

The interests of the U.S. military-industrial complex appear to take precedence over U.S. national interests and human rights concerns, a recent transfer of fighter jets to Pakistan shows.

Real estate business is growing in Punjab and people are finally moving towards organised developers, said Chandan Sharma Executive Director of Aerens R who was in the city recently.

Sidharth Singh looks every inch the gentleman as he leans back in his chair on the verandah of his family home - Rohet Garh, a 400-year-old haveli just south of Jodhpur, India.

The Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India natural gas pipeline project has moved closer to realisation with petroleum ministry set to approach the cabinet for approval of Gas Sales and Purchase Agreement between GAIL and Tukmen Gaz for delivering hydrocarbon at Fazilka in Punjab.

Rajapaksa was received at the Chaklala air base in Rawalpindi by Senate chairman Farooq Hamid Naek and Minister for States and Frontier Regions Shaukat Ullah, the Associated Press of Pakistan reported.

JAMMU: At least 20 people were feared killed when a minibus in which they were travelling fell from a hilly road into the Chenab river in Jammu and Kashmir Friday morning, police said.